Applied Sciences (Aug 2019)
<i>Cucurbita</i> Plants: From Farm to Industry
- Bahare Salehi,
- Javad Sharifi-Rad,
- Esra Capanoglu,
- Nabil Adrar,
- Gizem Catalkaya,
- Shabnum Shaheen,
- Mehwish Jaffer,
- Lalit Giri,
- Renu Suyal,
- Arun K Jugran,
- Daniela Calina,
- Anca Oana Docea,
- Senem Kamiloglu,
- Dorota Kregiel,
- Hubert Antolak,
- Ewelina Pawlikowska,
- Surjit Sen,
- Krishnendu Acharya,
- Moein Bashiry,
- Zeliha Selamoglu,
- Miquel Martorell,
- Farukh Sharopov,
- Natália Martins,
- Jacek Namiesnik,
- William C. Cho
Affiliations
- Bahare Salehi
- Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam 44340847, Iran
- Javad Sharifi-Rad
- Zabol Medicinal Plants Research Center, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol 61615-585, Iran
- Esra Capanoglu
- Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering, Food Engineering Department, Maslak 34469, Istanbul, Turkey
- Nabil Adrar
- Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering, Food Engineering Department, Maslak 34469, Istanbul, Turkey
- Gizem Catalkaya
- Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering, Food Engineering Department, Maslak 34469, Istanbul, Turkey
- Shabnum Shaheen
- Department of Plant Sciences, LCWU, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
- Mehwish Jaffer
- Department of Plant Sciences, LCWU, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
- Lalit Giri
- G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment & Sustainable Development Kosi-Katarmal, Almora 263 643, Uttarakhand, India
- Renu Suyal
- G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment & Sustainable Development Kosi-Katarmal, Almora 263 643, Uttarakhand, India
- Arun K Jugran
- G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment & Sustainable Development Garhwal Regional Centre, Srinagar 246174, Uttarakhand, India
- Daniela Calina
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania
- Anca Oana Docea
- Department of Toxicology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania
- Senem Kamiloglu
- Mevsim Gida Sanayi ve Soguk Depo Ticaret A.S. (MVSM Foods), Turankoy, Kestel, Bursa 16540, Turkey
- Dorota Kregiel
- Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 171/173, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
- Hubert Antolak
- Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700019, India
- Ewelina Pawlikowska
- Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 171/173, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
- Surjit Sen
- Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700019, India
- Krishnendu Acharya
- Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700019, India
- Moein Bashiry
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Nutrition and Food Sciences Faculty, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah 6719851351, Iran
- Zeliha Selamoglu
- Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Nigde Ömer Halisdemir University, Campus, Nigde 51240, Turkey
- Miquel Martorell
- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Concepcion, Concepcion 4070386, Chile
- Farukh Sharopov
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Avicenna Tajik State Medical University, Rudaki 139, 734003 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
- Natália Martins
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
- Jacek Namiesnik
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
- William C. Cho
- Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/app9163387
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 16
p. 3387
Abstract
The Cucurbita genus, a member of Cucurbitaceae family, also known as cucurbits, is native to the Americas. Genus members, like Cucurbita pepo and Cucurbita maxima, have been used for centuries in folk medicine for treating gastrointestinal diseases and intestinal parasites. These pharmacological effects are mainly attributed to their phytochemical composition. Indeed, Cucurbita species are a natural source of carotenoids, tocopherols, phenols, terpenoids, saponins, sterols, fatty acids, functional carbohydrates, and polysaccharides, that beyond exerting remarkable biological effects, have also been increasingly exploited for biotechnological applications. In this article, we specifically cover the habitat, cultivation, phytochemical composition, and food preservative abilities of Cucurbita plants.
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